Tampa Bay vs. Chicago

Scores and stats from WhatIfSports.com's NFL simulations

By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com

September 16th, 2008

WhatIfSports.com "played" the Week 3 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears game 61 times. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers win 50.2% of the time by an average score of 21-18.1. The stats in the boxscore below represent the average outcomes of those simulations.

To view stats and scores from every NFL game this week and learn more about how these simulations work, please visit our Week 3 NFL Scores page.

Tampa Bay Team Stats

Chicago Team Stats

Points

21

Points

18.1

Win %

50.2

Win %

49.8

First Downs

18.5

First Downs

14.3

- Rushing

7.8

- Rushing

5.3

- Passing

10.2

- Passing

8.4

- Penalty

0.5

- Penalty

0.5

3rd Down Eff

6.7/14.7

3rd Down Eff

5.7/14

4th Down Eff

0.7/1.2

4th Down Eff

0.3/0.8

Rushes-Yards

37-157.6

Rushes-Yards

29.5-106.1

Avg Rush

4.3

Avg Rush

3.6

Comp-Att-Int

15.3-25.3-1

Comp-Att-Int

15-26.3-1

Passing Yards

164.5

Passing Yards

159.1

Sacked-Yards

2.4-15.9

Sacked-Yards

1.9-11.5

Fumbles-Lost

0.5-0.3

Fumbles-Lost

0.7-0.4

Punts-Avg

4.6-40.5

Punts-Avg

4.5-41.7

KR-Avg

4.6-22.7

KR-Avg

4.6-24.6

PR-Avg

4.5-9

PR-Avg

4.5-14.3

Penalties-Yards

3.5-22.6

Penalties-Yards

4-25.6

Time of Possession

32:56

Time of Possession

27:56

Tampa Bay Individual Stats

Chicago Individual Stats

Rushing

Att

Yds

TD

Earnest Graham

25.4

116.7

0.9

Warrick Dunn

10.5

40.9

0.3

Rushing

Att

Yds

TD

Matt Forte

21

82.6

0.4

Jason McKie

4.5

12.4

0.1

Kevin Jones

3.2

9.9

0.1

Receiving

Rec

Yds

TD

Antonio Bryant

4.1

67

0.4

Ike Hilliard

3.1

32.7

0.2

Alex Smith

2

20.6

0.1

Maurice Stovall

1.3

14.3

0.1

Earnest Graham

1.5

14.2

0.1

Warrick Dunn

1.3

12.6

0.1

Receiving

Rec

Yds

TD

Rashied Davis

3.5

38.1

0.2

Brandon Lloyd

3.1

35.2

0.1

Marty Booker

2.1

32.7

0.1

Desmond Clark

2.8

30.9

0.2

Matt Forte

1.7

15.9

0.1

Greg Olsen

1.6

14.5

0.1

Passing

Comp.

Att.

Yards

TD

INT

Brian Griese

15.3

25.3

180.4

1.2

1

Passing

Comp.

Att.

Yards

TD

INT

Kyle Orton

15

26.3

170.6

0.8

1

Field Goals

Made

Missed

Matt Bryant

1.5

0.1

Field Goals

Made

Missed

Robbie Gould

2.3

0.5

Paul Bessire is the Senior Quantitative Analyst and Content Manager for WhatIfSports.com and a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. With any comments, questions or topic suggestions, Paul can be reached at BtB@whatifsports.com. Thanks!